Baltimore detective dies after being shot in head, suspect still at large

A Baltimore police detective who was shot in the head while investigating a murder Wednesday afternoon has died from his injuries, authorities said.

Detective Sean Suiter was canvassing a neighborhood in West Baltimore with a partner when the attack unfolded just after 4 p.m. The 43-year-old officer, who was an 18-year veteran with department, was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where died from his wounds just after noon on Thursday, the Baltimore Sun reported.

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Police officers respond to Bennett Place and N. Fremont Avenue in Baltimore after a call went out that an officer is shot on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. (Kevin Richardson/TNS)

He was surrounded by family at the time, including his wife and five children.The officer had previously been on life support in the intensive care unit.

"They're all suffering," Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said. "Our hearts and prayers go out to all the families who suffered volence in this city."

Suiter was investigating a murder in the West Harlem neighborhood and approached a man, who had reportedly been acting suspiciously, just after 4 p.m. The suspect, who is still at large, spoke briefly with Suiter and then fired his gun several times before fleeing.

Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday night that Suiter "was just doing his job on behalf of this city. And that's what he's been doing for 18 years."

.@BaltimorePolice Homicide Detective Sean Suiter, pictured here investigating an August murder, was pronounced dead just after noon today at Shock Trauma. He is a formal Naval Officer and an 18 year veteran of the BPD. pic.twitter.com/b6WXR1SwuZ